Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1894 — A Long Ride. [ARTICLE]

A Long Ride.

The arrival is chronicled at Guaymas, Mexico, of Colonel Joseph Johnston, an American, and Captain Hamilton, of the British army, accompanied by a German scientist, who have undertaken to ride from the United States to the extremity of Patagonia on horseback. They started from Nogales, Arizona, some weeks ago. and haro been traversing the Yaqui country, where they met several bands of the warlike Yaquis, but being well armed, they were not molested. They will travel in Cullacan, Mazatlan, Tepic Guadalajara to the City of Mexico, and thence through the States of Guerrero, Aaxaca and Chiapas to Central America. It is a scientific expedition and will cost about $150,000 and requires foui years to make the trip. Colonel Johnston has been a great traveler iu Japan, China, Australia and British India. Captain Hamilton has passed fifteen years in exploration in Africa, where he encountered many terrible perils. He was also present with the British force that destroyed the body of Zulus who killed the prince imperial.—[New Orleans Picayune. Miguard was a doctor who abandoned his pill boxes sos the palette and brushes.